package com.shareach.http.jackson;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;

public class JacksonDateSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Date>{
    public void serialize(Date value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider arg2)
        throws IOException, JsonProcessingException{
    	if(value==null){
	        gen.writeString("");
    	}else{
	        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
	        String formattedDate = formatter.format(value);
	        gen.writeString(formattedDate);
    	}
    }
}
